Legacy Documentation: Version 4.5
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Blur

The optimized Blur image effect blurs the rendered image by filtering in a number of passes using a gaussian filter curve.

The following screenshots show posible blur results.

As with the other image effects, this effect is only available in Unity Pro and you must have the Pro Standard Assets installed before it becomes available.

Properties

Property: Function:
Downsample The number of times the image will be downsampled before the blur is applied. Bigger blurs and faster speeds can be expected the more you downsample.
Blur Size The spread used when filtering the image. Higher values produce bigger blurs.
Blur Iterations The number of of times the filter operations will be repeated.

Hardware Support

This effect requires a graphics card that supports Shader Model 2. See the Graphics Hardware Capabilities and Emulation page for further details and a list of compliant hardware.

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